@Tomoemami Rape is used constantly as a cheap form of tension, it’s annoying seeing it constantly in every manga especially when it’s almost treated like a little misdemeanors sometimes. Those guys didn’t only try and rape them, they also tried to kill them, and ruin the shopkeepers business. The mc could escape unscathed because of his stealth so there was no reason he needed support. The problem with him risking hos life for those dirt bags is also that if he dies it will negatively effect those that cares for him and that he in turn also care for. The police mentioned that these guys have been arrested multiple times, so that would imply that they get away with shit like this, so if mc helped them survive he would help the embodiment of the girls trauma walk around in front of them possibly everyday, and that would also put them at risk for future retaliation.